Hun

Hun

英 [hʌn]
　　美

n. 匈奴人；野蠻人；德國兵

中文詞源：

Hun 德國佬

來自古英語Hun,中亞地區遊牧部落，來自土耳其語Hun-yu,即中國漢朝時北方少數民族匈奴，在公元4世紀時橫掃歐洲，被成為野蠻的代名詞。在一戰時期該詞用來指德國佬。

例句：

1. Hun-garian businessmen have had a head start over most of their Eastern European neighbors.
匈牙利商人已經領先於東歐鄰國的大多數同行瞭。

2. Prime Minister Hun Sen has sought to steer a course between the two groups.
洪森首相設法遊走於兩個集團之間。

3. The fifth century was the Hun's century.
5世紀是匈奴的世紀.

4. Let the Hun do that.
讓德國佬去幹那種事兒.

5. But these great Hun raids practically consummated the end of the Latin Roman Empire.
不過這些大規模的匈奴襲擊實際上促成瞭拉丁語系羅馬帝國的滅亡.